"None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.

Shallow men believe in luck or in circumstance. Strong men believe in cause and effect.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~












Shallow men believe in luck or in circumstance. Strong men believe in cause and effect.
More Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes
"Life consists of what man is thinking about all day.
"Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.
"When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something.
"Flowers and fruits are always fit presents; flowers, because they are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world....
"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
"That which we persist in doing becomes easier to do, not that the nature of the thing has changed, but our power to do so is increased.
"Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.
"Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficult...
"Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.
"A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.
"To believe in luck ... is skepticism.
"Shallow men believe in luck wise and strong men in cause and effect.
"Work and acquire and thou hast chained the wheel of Chance.
"Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.